Lessons from My First 8 Years of Research | Tom Silver

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Six years ago, after two years of working at a research-oriented startup and just before starting graduate school, I wrote a blog post called Lessons from My First Two Years of AI Research . That post is below. Now that I’ve finished my PhD, I’ve updated the post at the bottom with a few more lessons learned. Lessons from My First Two Years of AI Research (2018) Starting out Find someone who you feel comfortable asking “dumb” questions I was initially very intimidated by my colleagues and hesitant to ask basic questions that might betray my lack of expertise. It was many months before I felt c

Lessons from My First 8 Years of Research | Tom Silver

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